benwicks20 Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Hi, I recently bought an asus a8v deluxe wireless mobo and an athlon 64 3800. When I put in the cmx512-3200llpt (2 sticks of this running in dual channel) I cannot run it on auto settings, I tried the recommended settings written on the stick but these didn't work either. I can get into windows but occasionally games crash and memtest86 shows errors. I am running in slots 2-4, have the 1008 bios, the ram is at 2.7 volts and have tried 2.8. The ram on the corsair site is rated as 2,3,2,6, however my sticks have 2,2,2,6,t1 written on them - is this right? So far I have only got no errors on timings of 2.5,3,3,11. This seems a bit wrong, what do you recommend? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 You "might" be able to run at 2,3,3,6 timings. Or, something odd like 2,3,3,11 as some of the AMD MOBOs like that 4th timing really high. Most likely, this is a chipset limitation or a bios issue that limits the MOBO to not running the stock timings of the LL RAM. This type of limitation was common on the Intel 875/865 based MOBOs also and so far, it seems like some of the current AMD MOBOs are the same way. Also, you can run 2.8v on that RAM safely as it is withing spex. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwicks20 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 Thanks for your answer, I've updated to the latest bios (1009.005), tuned the voltage to 2.8, tried the timings 2,3,3,6 and 2,3,3,12 with t1 and t2, all timings cause errors and in one case a complete lock up. What now? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 13, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 13, 2004 What slots do you have them in? Please try them in slots 2-4 and see if that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwicks20 Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 I've tried them in both sets of slots but they are in 2-4 at the moment. I have tried to test both sticks separately but the pc won't even boot up like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwicks20 Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 Thanks for your help so far, Just to update you... I've tried all settings that everyone has suggested above but last night my system was locking up, re-starting and blue screening. i just can't get it to remain stable. Do you think that the ram is faulty? If it is then I have a question. I live in England so will I have to try my reseller or is there a different place I can send it? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 14, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 14, 2004 Lets try and replace your modules. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwicks20 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Thanks for all your help, I have tested my system with a cheap stick of ram and I got no errors so it must be the corsair item that is at fault. As I live in England I will try my reseller first and if not then I will return it to corsair. Thanks, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Good to see you have isolated the problem. May you have a speedy process of replacement. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 15, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 15, 2004 And please let us know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwicks20 Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 Thanks for all your help guys! I sent off the ram after xmas and I was sent the next model up as a replacement. It was superb service and my pc is now running perfectly. Thanks again. :D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 23, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 23, 2005 Thanks for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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